Maciolekism

economics

  • The Age Line

    I have come to find that there is an age line that can be seen in how a blog is designed. (An author designs their blog by how they envision their readers interacting with it.) Generally, people above this line… Continue reading

  • Passive Aggressive Materialism

    Scene one: At a pub, having had a few drinks with a friend. You finish your drink and excuse yourself to use the restroom with a comment about having to leave. As it is you have stayed a little too… Continue reading

  • Growing Through Labors

    My first job in the forest was marking timber. Going through a timber sale area and marking the trees that were to be harvested or not. I enjoyed the job. It was physically and mentally engaging. My second job in… Continue reading

  • Conflict Avoidance

    I am a Conflict Avoider. There,.. I said it. I will go to great lengths to avoid conflict. It is not that I am afraid of conflict, or a good fight for that matter, it is just that I am… Continue reading

  • A Perspective of Work

    There was a period of my life when I worked in the forest. During those years I was involved in the fighting of forest fires. What I learned about work from those experiences is this… when there are clear orders,… Continue reading

  • The Purpose Driven Life

    From my perspective, the greatest achievement of the Baby Boomer generation is that they changed the vocabulary of capitalism. They did not change capitalism… in fact, capitalism changed them. Like it does everyone. (Capitalism kicked their butt, to be honest.)… Continue reading